箱
bin, box, case, chest, railway car
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
15 / 15
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:15
JLPT:3
Frequency:1357
Vocabulary
ソウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百葉箱 | ヒャクヨウソウ | Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges); instrument shelter |
| 書箱 | ショソウ | bookcase |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 私書箱 | ししょばこ | post office box |
| 本箱 | ほんばこ | bookcase |
| 箱 | はこ | box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects) |
| 箱 | ハコ | box; case; chest; package; pack; crate; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects) |
| 投票箱 | とうひょうばこ | ballot box |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
笛
bagpipe, clarinet, flute, piccolo, pipe, whistle
Grade 3JLPT 1
番
number in a series, turn
Grade 2JLPT 3
策
means, plan, policy, scheme, step
Grade 6JLPT 1
籍
domiciliary register, enroll, membership
Grade 8JLPT 2
相
aspect, councillor, each other, inter-, minister of state, mutual, phase, physiognomy, together
Grade 3JLPT 3
簡
brevity, simplicity
Grade 6JLPT 2
符
charm, mark, sign, tally, token
Grade 8JLPT 2
盾
escutcheon, pretext, shield
Grade 8JLPT 1
首
counter for songs and poems, neck
Grade 2JLPT 3
箇
counter for articles
Grade 8JLPT 1